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Tip to Tip - Episode 4

Length / 8mins

Stephanie Gilmore is only 22 years old and she's already a legend. Her paws are immortalized in Huntington Beach's Surfing Walk of Fame. She is officially an icon to every female surfer on the planet. And not surprisingly, she's rubbed off on Alana, Bethany and Tyler quite a bit lately. But in the close quarters of the Quest 1, everyone begins to become a piece of each other. And thank God for that, or the band would never have been created.What do four of surfing's top females do when they're ripped from their busy tour schedules and put on a boat in paradise for a couple of weeks? They get ridiculous: They laugh. Surf perfect waves carelessly. Have fierce fishing competitions. Snorkel. Bronze on the beach. And laugh some more. In other words, they just become normal girls in the absence of the bright lights, glamor and hype, which at the end of the day, is what they love being the most.It doesn't take too many seconds of watching these girls surf to realize that things are moving quickly in the world of women's professional surfing. Whether it's Steph and Tyler fading into barrel after heavy barrel; or Alana boosting airs; or Bethany defying the odds with fearlessness and finesse, it's quite clear that the girls of the new millennium are only going up from here. Pay attention, it'll be worth your while.